American college football season
2017 Yale Bulldogs football Conference Ivy League STATS No. 24 FCS Coaches No. 24 2017 record 9–1 (6–1 Ivy) Head coach Offensive coordinator Joe Conlin (6th season)Defensive coordinator Sean McGowan (1st season) Home stadium Yale Bowl (Capacity: 61,446)Seasons
The 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season , winning the Ivy League title. The season marked the Bulldogs' 145th overall season. The team played its home games at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut and were led by sixth-year head coach Tony Reno . They finished the season 9–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to become Ivy League champions for the first time since 2006 (when they shared the title) and to earn their first sole league title since 1980.
Schedule [ ]
The 2017 season consisted of five home games and five away games. The Bulldogs hosted Ivy League foes Cornell , Columbia , Brown , and Harvard for the 134th edition of The Game , and traveled to Dartmouth , Penn , and Princeton .
Yale's non-conference opponents were Lehigh , Fordham , and Holy Cross , all of the Patriot League .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 16 12:30 p.m. at Lehigh * Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA PLN W 56–284,996
September 23 1:00 p.m. Cornell ELVN W 49–2410,926
September 30 6:00 p.m. at Fordham * PLN W 41–103,988
October 7 1:30 p.m. at Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH ESPN3 L 27–288,114
October 14 1:00 p.m. Holy Cross * ILN W 32–08,709
October 21 1:00 p.m. at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA TCN W 24–196,408
October 28 1:00 p.m. Columbia SNY W 23–615,422
8:00 p.m. Brown NBCSN W 34–78,216
November 11 1:00 p.m. at Princeton Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry )ELVN W 35–3111,229
November 18 12:30 p.m. Harvard CNBC W 24–351,426
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
Lehigh [ ]
Yale vs. Lehigh – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Yale
14
14
14 14 56
Lehigh
7
6
8 7 28
at Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA
Date : September 16Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 81 °F (27 °C); sunny, hotGame attendance : 4,996Referee : C. BlohBox Score
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Cornell [ ]
Cornell vs. Yale – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Cornell
3
7
0 14 24
Yale
7
7
14 21 49
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : September 23Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warmGame attendance : 10,926Referee : T. KichlineBox Score
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Fordham [ ]
Yale vs. Fordham – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Yale
21
7
13 0 41
Fordham
0
3
0 7 10
at Coffey Field • Bronx, NY
Date : September 30Game time : 6:00 p.m.Game weather : 60 °F (16 °C); cloudy and windyGame attendance : 3,988Referee : C. JebranBox Score
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Dartmouth [ ]
Yale vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Yale
7
17
3 0 27
Dartmouth
0
7
7 14 28
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
Date : October 7Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : 50 °F (10 °C); overcastGame attendance : 8,114Referee : W. GillisBox Score
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Holy Cross [ ]
Holy Cross vs. Yale – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Holy Cross
0
0
0 0 0
Yale
3
22
7 0 32
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : October 14Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 66 °F (19 °C); mostly cloudyGame attendance : 8,709Referee : S. CadoretteBox Score
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Penn [ ]
Yale vs. Penn – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Yale
7
11
0 6 24
Penn
7
3
0 9 19
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
Date : October 21Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 72 °F (22 °C); sunnyGame attendance : 6,408Referee : T. MarcellaBox Score
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Columbia [ ]
Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Columbia
0
0
6 0 6
Yale
13
0
3 7 23
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : October 28Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunnyGame attendance : 15,422Referee : J. PumphreyBox Score
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Brown [ ]
Brown vs. Yale – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Brown
0
0
0 7 7
Yale
20
7
7 0 34
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : Game time : 8:00 p.m.Game weather : 62 °F (17 °C); partly cloudyGame attendance : 8,216Referee : T. BoydBox Score
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Princeton [ ]
Yale vs. Princeton – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Yale
0
14
14 7 35
Princeton
7
17
7 0 31
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
Date : November 11Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 37 °F (3 °C); cold, clearGame attendance : 11,229Referee : M. SechrisBox Score
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Harvard ("The Game") [ ]
Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary
1
2
3 4 Total
Harvard
3
0
0 0 3
Yale
0
17
0 7 24
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
Date : November 18Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 45 °F (7 °C); cloudyGame attendance : 51,426Referee : H. JohnsBox Score
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